MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
blended learning are empowering
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
People want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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